Method of making an appliqued article



Dec. 28, 1937. M. J. GARSHMAN y 2,103,414

i METHOD of MAKING AN APPLIQUD ARTICLE Filed July 8, 1957 INVENTORfflorrzs 7ga1shman 1:11325.l I i* Patented Dec. 28, 1937 vUNITE-D1lSTATES METHOD F MAKING AN APPLIQUD ARTICLE Morris J. Garshman,Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application July 8, 1937, Serial No. 152,525

3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved method of producing an appliqudarticle.

In general, it Vis an object of this invention to provide, an appliqudarticle of apparel or the like, wherein the applied material carried onthe background is treated to form a uffy tufted or pile-like fibreformation against a solid background.

Specifically, it is an object of this invention to provide an appliqudarticle of apparel or the like, wherein the applied fabric is attachedto the background by shirr stitching, to provide an undulating effect ofthe applied fabric andY the threads at the edges of the applied fabric,`separated so as to produce a tufted or pile-like effect against thebackground.

Further, it is an object of this invention to apply a fabric cut on thebias, so that the threads thereof areY angularly disposed with respectto its edges, to a background as by shirr stitching, to provide anundulating effect of the applied fabric, and thereafter acting on theedges of the applied fabric to loosen and separate the respectiveangularly disposed threads to form a tufted or pile-like effect.

These and other advantages, capabilities and features of the inventionwill appear from the subjoined detailed description of one specificembodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view of a fabric strip applied in accordance with myinvention.

Figure 2 is a plan View of an appliqud article for apparel formed inVaccordance with my invention.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the appliqud article shown in Figure 2 aftertreatment.

Figure 4 is a plan View of a different design of appliqud article,treated in accordance with my invention.

Figure 5 is a front elevation, taken in section along lines 5 5 ofFigure 3.

Referring to the reference characters in the drawing, numeral IIlrepresents the fabric background and II represents the applied fabric ofan appliqud article, the said applied fabric being cut on the bias, sothat the warp and woof threads I2 and I3 are angularly disposed with thenature of a stitch formation being indicated at I5, so that the appliedfabric strip may have an undulating effect; a series of such fabricstrips as applied to a background being shown in Figure 2 of thedrawing.

The strips of applied fabric I I of the appliqud article, shown inFigure 2, are then subjected to treatment as by brushing or rubbing,whereby the interlocking warp and Woof threads I2 and I3 are separatedfrom one another, from the edges of the applied fabric II towards and tothe shirr-stitch line I5, thereby producing a series of individuallyextending threads in a tufted or piled effect, shown more particularlyin Figures 3 and 5.

As shown in Figure 4, the appliqud fabric II, instead of comprising aseries of independent strips, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, may be in theform of a continuous strip wound in the manner therein specied andfastenedl by shirr stitching to the background Ill, the Warp and Woofthreads thereof being separated by brushing or rubbing to form thetufted piled effect disclosed.

Although two forms are shown of the appliqud article produced by mymethod, it is within the province of this invention to provide variousconformations of fabric applied to and fastened to 4the background, solong as the same are cut on a bias with the warp and Woof threads beingangularly disposed with respect to the cut edges thereof, whereby, uponbrushing, rubbing or in any other way treating the edges of the appliedbias cut fabric, separation of the warp and Woof threads may be causedto produce the artistic tufted or piled effect described.

It is obvious that various changes and modi-1 fications may be made tothe details of construction without departing from the general spirit oithe invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A method for producing appliqud articles, comprising cutting on abias, strips of material having crossing Warp and woof threads, shirringthe strips to provide an undulating eect thereto, while attaching thestrips side by side to a fabric background substantially along thecenter line of said strips, and acting on the free edges of the stripsto separate the threads at such free edges, thereby to impart a fluffyfringed appearance to the strips against the background.

2. A method for producing appliqud articles, comprising cutting on abias, strips of material having crossing warp and woof threads, shirringthe strips to provide an undulating effect thereto, while attaching thestrips side by side to a fabric background substantially along thecenter line of said strips, and acting on the free edges of the stripsto separate the threads at such free edges, to the attachment line ofsaid strips, thereby to impart a fluffy fringed appearance to the stripsagainst the background.

3. A method for producing appliqud articles, comprising cutting on abias, strips of material 10 having crossing warp and Woof threads,shirring the strips to provide an undulating effect thereto, whileattaching the strips side by side in substantially the same plane, to afabric background substantially along the center line ofV said strips,and acting on the free edges of the strips to separate the threads atsuch free edges to the attachment line of said strips, thereby to imparta uffy fringed appearance to the strips against the background.

MORRIS J. GARSHMAN.

